Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Look for a year end tally and run down of all of my stories and books and where you can find them this weekend. Right now I have a couple of quick items to share. As always, click the links!
Fellow writer and blogger Jessica Collins has posted a very nice interview she did with me on her blog site. Be sure to check it out and leave a comment. And while you are there, give a look at this wonderful writer's home page and her Facebook page. Tell her I sent you!
I mentioned here before that I will be teaching a course in short story writing, Short Stories And Shorter Stories starting in February at Seattle's Hugo House For Writers. Click here for schedule and details. We'll I am pleased to announce I have been asked to return for the Spring Semester. I'll be teaching Intro To Fiction. Check back here and at Hugo House for details as time nears.
Finally, I have said it before and I guess I will keep saying it... I am always surprised, indeed overwhelmed at how far my words sometimes travel and how they are used. I'll let the following email I received this week speak for itself. Again, check back here in the near future for more info.

Message : I am writing a memoir which will
include an account of my treatment for cancer, when I was helped and moved by a
nurse quoting "We are the sum total of our experiences...." from
"George". I wonder if I might have your permission to reproduce that
paragraph (up to "..nor will be
tomorrow") in my book. With many thanks in anticipation. Kind regards.Wow...Thanks and peace.BJ

Friday, December 9, 2016

Hello
once again and welcome to our year end round up and house cleaning. First order of business is something that
finds me at once honored and humbled. Many quotes attributed to me have found
their way into the most interesting places, including being used as photo tags
and within the text of motivational and inspirational speeches. I am often
asked about their origin and where they can be found. Below is a list of what
has turned out to be my most popular quotes, and their source, be it one of my
books, short stories or just a quip of the lips. I hope you enjoy them. Next
week look for a full catalogue of my publications. Thanks.

Peace.

BJ

“The
things we keep hidden deepest inside are often those that need most to be
released.”

Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (9-2016)

“I
am just a roadside attraction on your journey down life’s highway, a place you
stop briefly before moving on. Years from now, in a long forgotten box of
memories, you’ll come across one of my souvenirs and think of me. And maybe
you’ll smile.”

BJ Neblett (8-2016)

“Every
journey must proceed at its own pace, each step following the other in its
proper order. For that is the way of life.”

Planet Alt-Sete-Nine by BJ Neblett (7-2016)

“It’s
not what you see, but what you believe. It’s not what you fear, but what you
trust. It’s not what you love, but the love you give.”

Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (7-2016)

“It’s
not what is said, it’s how it is spoken; it’s not what you write, it’s how it
is written; it’s not what’s implied, it’s what’s inferred.”

“A
love letter lost in the mail, forgotten, miss-delivered, and then discovered
years later and received by the intended is romantic. A love letter ending up
in someone’s spam filter is just annoying.”

“Remembering
the past is one thing; living in it is another. If you don’t enjoy today, you
won’t have any memories of it tomorrow.”

From Static by BJ Neblett

“We are the sum total
of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us
the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river,
those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and
reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as
we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.”

From George
by BJ Neblett

“Providence has its price.”

From The Man Who Wouldn’t Die by BJ Neblett

“I’ve been told I am a great catch. Trouble is I keep getting
thrown back.”

BJ
Neblett

“All the women of the
world have two things in common: one, they are beautiful… all women are
beautiful. Two, none of them want to have anything to do with me.”